Participants at the conference included representatives from community organizations, organized labor, the faith-based community, educators, consulates, employer associations and others.

OSHA’s region IX event featured several informational booths, like this one.

The event in Oakland, Calif. received substantial media coverage. Hispanic Outreach Coordinator for OSHA’s region IX Jose Benavides is shown here while being interviewed by Univision’s KDTV Channel 14 reporter Beatriz Ferrari. Interviews were also conducted on site to reporters from National Public Radio, Telemundo and Cal/OSHA Reporter, among others. On the background, a group of workers watch and listen.

Jose Benavides talks to a reporter from a Spanish-language television channel in the San Francisco/Bay Area during a conference break.

The one-day event was organized in cooperation federal OSHA’s Region IX counterpart state agency, the California Department of Industrial Relations' Cal/OSHA. Vicky Heza, Cal/OSHA’s Consultation Project Manager, talks to participants during one of the afternoon sessions.

Attendees compare notes during the course of a workshop.

The event featured several workshops. Participants and presenters networked to strengthen education and outreach efforts on safety, health and worker rights geared towards the Hispanic/Latino workforce.

A view of a session in progress during OSHA’s Region IX outreach and education event in Oakland, Calif.